diff --git a/debian/generate-systemd-templates.sh b/debian/generate-systemd-templates.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..15751f663
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/generate-systemd-templates.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# generate templates
+for i in ngcp-rtpengine-daemon ngcp-rtpengine-recording-daemon; do
+  sed \
+    -e 's:daemon\.pid:daemon.%i.pid:g' \
+    -e 's:/etc/rtpengine/:/etc/rtpengine_%i/:g' \
+    $i.service > $i@.service
+done
diff --git a/debian/ngcp-rtpengine-daemon.links b/debian/ngcp-rtpengine-daemon.links
index 37055f8ee..4e84c6eae 100644
--- a/debian/ngcp-rtpengine-daemon.links
+++ b/debian/ngcp-rtpengine-daemon.links
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 /lib/systemd/system/ngcp-rtpengine-daemon.service	/lib/systemd/system/rtpengine-daemon.service
 /lib/systemd/system/ngcp-rtpengine-daemon.service	/lib/systemd/system/rtpengine.service
+/lib/systemd/system/ngcp-rtpengine-daemon@.service	/lib/systemd/system/rtpengine-daemon@.service
+/lib/systemd/system/ngcp-rtpengine-daemon@.service	/lib/systemd/system/rtpengine@.service
diff --git a/debian/ngcp-rtpengine-recording-daemon.links b/debian/ngcp-rtpengine-recording-daemon.links
index a4b875211..e8e30d57d 100644
--- a/debian/ngcp-rtpengine-recording-daemon.links
+++ b/debian/ngcp-rtpengine-recording-daemon.links
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 /lib/systemd/system/ngcp-rtpengine-recording-daemon.service	/lib/systemd/system/rtpengine-recording-daemon.service
 /lib/systemd/system/ngcp-rtpengine-recording-daemon.service	/lib/systemd/system/rtpengine-recording.service
+/lib/systemd/system/ngcp-rtpengine-recording-daemon@.service	/lib/systemd/system/rtpengine-recording-daemon@.service
+/lib/systemd/system/ngcp-rtpengine-recording-daemon@.service	/lib/systemd/system/rtpengine-recording@.service
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 5e25b7503..8b1164190 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ endif
 %:
 	dh $@
 
+execute_before_dh_auto_configure:
+	(cd debian && sh generate-systemd-templates.sh)
+
 execute_before_dh_auto_install-indep:
 	# Create the directories to install the source into
 	dh_installdirs -p$(pdkms)    usr/src/$(sname)-$(sversion)